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No. 264,125. Patented Sept. 12, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WESLEY BARNES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MoLOUGHLlN BROTHERS, onSAME PLACE.

TO'YSHOOTING-GALLERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,125, datedSeptember 12, 1882.

Application filed April 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY W. BARNES, a resident of the city, county,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Toy ShootingGalleries, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 isa perspective view of my toy as a whole, set up and ready for use, andthe remaining figures are detail views of parts thereof, which will hehereinafter described.

A is a box of peculiar construction, which serves to inclose the variousparts of the toy when not in use, and answers also as a support orfoundation for them when iuuse. It is shown open in perspective in Fig.1, and in longitudinal vertical section in Fig. 2, where it is shut up.The two side pieces, a a, and end pieces, b b, are fastened permanentlytogether and form the body portion of the box. The bottom B thereofslides longitudinally in grooves c 0, formed along the lower edge of thesides a a, and the lid or cover 0 slides out in the opposite directionin grooves d d, formed along the upper edge of the sides a a. To theouter end of the bottom B is fixed an upright board or end piece, B,which, when the bottom is slid in to form a closed box, fits closeagainst the end piece b and enters a recess formed by extending thesides a or beyond the end pieces, I) b. The lid 0 is also provided witha similar end piece, 0, fixed to its under side and entering a likerecess in the opposite end of the box when the lid is closed.

To prevent the drawing out of the bottom B and lid (3 too far, a cleat,e, is fixed to each, near its inner end, so as to strike the end pieceI) when drawn out to the proper extent.

All the other parts of thetoy are inclosed in the box for packing orshipment.

When the toy is to be set up thelidG ofthe box is slid open and theinclosed pieces taken out. The bottom Bis then slid out, as shown inFig. 1, to a greater or less distance. Two wooden pins, D D, are thenstuck into two vertical holes, ff, bored into the cleat B. On the upperends of these pins is fitted a crosspiece, E, having five holes-twoholes (lettered ff) to engage the upper ends of the pins D D, a middlehole, 9, and two end holes, h h. Into the middle hole, 9, is stuck ashort vertical wooden pin, G, having a metal pin, G, projecting from itsupper end, as shown best in Fig. 5. A flier, H, (shown in part in planin Fig. 4 and in vertical cross-section in Fig. 5,) is then puttogether. This flier consists of a central huh, I, and a number ofradial arms or spokes, J J. The huh I is a short cylindrical block ofwood, with a number of horizontal radial holes,j j, bored into it ashort distance, and with a central vertical axial hole, a little largerthan the pin G, bored through it.

On its top is fixed a plate of metal, i, covering the hole g, and on itsbottom is fixedanother plate, '6, pierced with a smooth hole, smallerthan the hole 9, and fitting loosely the pin G. Hence when the hub ismounted on the pin G its pin G enters the hole g and its smooth endcomes against the metal plate 11, so that" the hub may revolve on thepin with the greatest freedom, friction being, as nearly as possible,avoided and a good running fit being secured without any expensivelyaccurate work.

Each radial arm J consists of a wooden pin, its one end fitting any ofthe holes jj, and its other end provided with a cross pin or piece, It,as best shown in Fig. 7.

L L are a number of birds or other figures or objects to be shot at.(Seen in front elevation in Fig. 6 and partially in the perspectivedetail, Fig. 7.) These are cut out of pasteboard or'other stiffmaterial, and each has a socket, J, beneathitscenterofgravity,throughwhich the arm or spoke J may be passed. This socket is elongated bymeans of a tube, K, which is fixed to the figureL and projects forwardtherefrom, and atits front end is notched at k to engage the cross-pink.

One spoke J is inserted through each bird or figure L, the notch k isengaged with the cross-pin k, and the opposite end of the spoke is stuckinto one of the socketsjj in the huh I, so as to bring the bird rightside up, as shown at the front in Fig. 1. When all the spokes have thusbeen inserted the flier H is complete, whereupon it is mounted on thepin G, as shown. Two pins, M M, split down from their upper ends, asshown in Fig. 3, are then stuck into the holes h h in the cross-piece E.Into the splits in the two pins a screen, N, (shown detached in Fig. 8,)is slipped. This screen may be out from pasteboard or other thinmaterial, and has notches mwawhich embrace the port-ion of the pins M Mbelow their split and retain the screen in place. On the top of each pinM is then slipped a cap, 0, (shown in section in Fig. 3,) which confinesthe two halves of the split pin together. The screen N extends downnearly to the top of the hub I, and has recesses P P extending up fromits lower edge to admit the free passage of the birds L L when the flierHis revolving. Three holes, at n, more or less, are formed in thescreen, and into these are inserted short pins J, constructed in thesame manner as the spokes J J, and carrying birds L L in the samemanner. But one of these pins and birds is shown applied in Fig. 1. Apin, R, bearing on its upper end an eye, s,is stuckinto a vertical hole,'1", bored downward into the cleat O. A blow-gun, S, is then insertedthrough the eye 8, and the shooting-gallery is complete. The flier H isthen set in rotation bythe hand, and small darts are shot against thebirds through the blow-gun S. Whenever a bird is hit it is forced backalong the spoke J until its notch is free from the cross-pin it,whereupon the bird falls underneath the spoke and hangs head downward,as shown in Fig. 7 and in dotted lines, Fig. 6. This does not interruptthe rotation of the flier, since the bar E is below thelowest point ofthe inverted birds. The birds may be numbered, so that each one killedwill count the player that number of points. The screen N conceals fromthe player all the birds beyond it, so that his aim need not be confusedthereby. I design that it shall be decorated to simulate the foliage ofthe forest. Another screen may be arranged beneath the flier to concealalso the dead birds on the opposite side of the flier.

The range of the gallery may be increased or diminished at will bysliding out or in the lid and bottom of the box A.

It is evident that the blow-gun may, if preferred, be held entirely inthe hands and the standard R discarded.

It must not be inferred from the detailed description which I have givenof my invention that I am necessarily confined to the use of thesedetails. On the contrary, many of them are expedient only and in no wiseessential. For instance, in lieu of the particular connection of thebirds with the spokes above described, a single metal pin may be driveninto each spoke J near its outer end, and this pin may stand vertically,the slot is being correspondin gly arranged, the obvious essential beingthatthe birds or other objects, when struck, shall fall from theirupright positions, as it killed, and the screen N and frame D D, E,

andM M may all be made in one piece of board, instead of in the separatepieces shown.

I am aware that a rotary part bearing objects to be shot at, which fallwhen hit, is not new of itself; but such rotary device has alwaysheretofore been placed entirely behind a screen, the objects beingvisible only through an opening in the screen on their passage past suchopening.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure to MoLoUGnLIN BROTHERS, myassignees, by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a toy shooting-gallery, the combination, with a flier, H, mountedrotatively, and consisting of a hub and radial arms or spokes bearing ontheir extremities birds or other objects, L L, of a screen, N, arrangedsubstantially in a plane with the axis of rotation of the flier, andprovided with recesses P P to permit the objects L L to pass through thescreen, whereby the objects L L travel around a portion of the screenupon the rotation of the flier, substantially as set forth.

2. The flier H, consisting of a huh, I, mounted rotatively on a verticalaxis, radial spokes J J, projecting horizontally therefrom, and birds orother objects, L L, each provided with a tubular socket, J, throughwhich one of said spokes is passed, and with means, substantially asdescribed, for retaining the objects in upright position on the spokes,with their centers of gravity above the spokes, combined togethersubstantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a toy shooting-gallery, ot' a target and itssupporting-frame, a box, A, consisting of side pieces, a to, end pieces,I) I), sliding bottom B, having cleat B fixed to it, means for theattachment of the supporting-frame of the target to saidcleat, slidinglid 0, having cleat C fixed to it, and stops 6 c, fixed to said bottomand lid within the box, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of flier H, pivot-pin G, screen N, having recesses PP, and an upright supporting-frame for said pivot and screen,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of pin or spoke J, bird or other object, L, tubularsocket K thereon, notch k in said socket, and cross-pin 70 on saidspoke, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination ofscreen N, hole a therein, pin J, adapted to entersaid hole, bird or other object, L, having socket J below its center ofgravity to receive said pin, and means for interlocking said socket withsaid pin to hold the bird erect thereon, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of cross-bar E, having sockets g and h h, pin G,fitting socket g, split pins M M, fitting sockets h h, screen N, adaptedto enter the splits in said pins, caps O 0, adapted to fit over thesplit ends of said pins and confine the halves thereof together, andflier H, adapted to be mounted rotatively on pin G, substantially as setforth.

8. The combination of inclosin-g box A, sock ets ff therein, pins D D,fitting said sockets, my name in the presence of two subscribingcross-bar 1], having sockets f f fitting said witnesses. pins, andsockets g and h h fitting pins G and M M, with said pins, screen N,having recesses WESLEY BARNES 5 P P, and with flier H, adapted to bemounted Witnesses rotatively on pin Gr, snbstantiaily as set forth.HENRY OONNETT,

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed I J. S. BROWN.

